Columbiana County Career and Technical Center Nursing (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
- Public school
- Lisbon, OH
- About 19 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center nursing graduates earn about what nursing graduates earn nationally, $63,454 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $20,637 in federal loans, close to the national median of $23,858. Several Ohio programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Ohio and national columns are the medians across all nursing certificate programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $219 a month, or 4.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
96% of graduates (44 of 46) were working in Ohio one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Ohio outside metro areas are about 12% below the national average, so a $63,454 salary here buys what about $71,852 buys in a typical US city.
The median Ohio RN earns $82,510, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Ohio prices, that pay is worth about $88,937, which puts Ohio behind.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to nursing, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Registered Nurses
$82,510Median pay in Ohio. 143,730 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 180,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical and Health Services Managers
$106,140Median pay in Ohio. 24,390 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 24% from 2025 to 2035, with about 62,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Nurse Practitioners
$124,870Median pay in Ohio. 15,400 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 41% from 2025 to 2035, with about 29,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Nurse Anesthetists
$231,810Median pay in Ohio. 2,300 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About Columbiana County Career and Technical Center
Nursing ranks 1st of 3 certificate programs at Columbiana County Career and Technical Center by first-year earnings. The others are Practical Nursing ($38,702) and Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($26,707).
Other nursing certificate programs near Lisbon
Common questions
The median graduate earns $63,454 one year after graduating. Registered nurses in Ohio earn a median of $82,510 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $20,637, which ranks 2nd lowest of 10 nursing certificate programs in Ohio. That works out to about $219 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 33% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 38%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Ohio programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 96% (44 of 46) were working in Ohio one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the nursing program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024